Measuring apparatus.



STATES PATENT onmon. 7

JACKSON FLECKENSTEIN, 'OF IONIA, KIGEIGAN; ADELAIDE J. FLECKENSTEIN, G UAlt- DIAN F SAID JACKSON FLECKENSTEIN', A MINOR, ASSIGNOB "IO FLECKENSTEIN VISIBLE GASOM'E'IEB. COMPAI IY, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOTS, A'CORPORATION OF DELA- "vi-m I To all whom it may concern.

- v -Be' i known that I, JACKSON FLEcK-EN- mm, -a citizen of the United States, residing at Ionia, in the county of Ionia and State 5 of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Measuring Apparat-us; and]: do hereby declare the followlng -to be a 'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which appertains to make and use the same.

This inve 'tion relates 'measuring apparatus, and more particularly to such as is ada ted for efi'ectively preventingerror inthe clivery of gasolene or other liuid.

' ht is well known that accuracy; in the.

amount of gasolene delivered from measurin a paratus as in common use to -day 1s 2'0 u ibif not impossible to,ma1nta1n,}and

the object-of the present invention is to satisfactorily overcome this difiiculty and toenable tlie consumer to 'assureflhimself of recei tot the qilantity of liquid ordered: This and further objects in view as-will-in pgrt hereinafter become apparent and in'part a. Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1

' indicates a base orsupport of any appropriate type on which aremounted tanks or con- 46 tainers 3, 3,. preferably of glass orother arent material. It should be obvious that 1f metal or other non-transparent material is, used with the usual lass ga attached, the efiectwillbeen stantiay the 60 same. Each of the containers 31n1 ay be revided with appropriate graduations jogindicating gllons, or other arbitrary ties-acco ing to the liquid leveln t w spective container. The Lupper ends 'oftlie to improvements in 1 umsname nuance;

Patented Aug.- 13, 1918- Application filed December 28, 1916. 'Serial No. 138,364.

containers 3 are connected by a cross pipe 5, whlch pipe communicatesthrough a port 2 with a-supply ipe 4:." The pipe 5 is provided at each si e of the port 2 with a valve seat 2' adapted to be engaged by a-valve 2 carried by an actuating shaft 7. The shaft 7 1s ourn'aled in a groove formed in the upper "portion of the'pipe 4, or may be'otherwise sustained as pre erred, and is adapted to be oscillated by means of an operating handle 6. A lug or projection 8 is carried b y the lower portion of the handle 6 in 'pos1t1on for engaging notches 9' ir. a detent plate 9. The plate 9 is formed \ICHMIB to correspond to the arc through which the lower end of the handle 6 travels, and plate 9 is carried by u rights 9mounted on the plate 1. or may, e otherwise supported as preferred- The plate 9 issufiic'ientl resili ant to allow ,thelugfS to be force .out..of either ofthmnotches 9 so that the handle 6 maybe swung to a position for allowing the into the other notch 9.

vement -.of t e. handle 6 to this extent I rocks the shaft 7 a suflicient distance for swinging the valve 2? from engagement with one ofthe seats 2' to a position in en gagementtwith the other seat 2', whereby communication between pipe 4 and that portion of-pi e .5 which connects with one container ,3 1s cut ofi and communicationis opeiied'between pipe 'hndthatzp'idrtiOh; of

p pe 5 communicating with, the other con-v tamer 3. T

Each of the containersa ispreferably provided with a tapering or conical bottom converging to .a discharge pipe 13 opening into ed .to the stems of valves 18 arrangedwithin valve casings 14, and adapted to be alternately seated in'the seats at the lower ends of said stems'of I maintain the valves on their seats. Rods 20, 20, are-pivotedto the-lever 17 adjacent the endsethereof" and extend upwardly through ainip 1.5- and m pivbta ly n tov avalve casin 14:, the two valve casings becasings. -Sprin -19 surround the valve 18in position for tending to.

left 'and will fill the container.

links 11, which in turn extend upwardly to am ire pivotally connected with arms 10, 10, 1. ed to the shaft 7.

In operation, the fluid to be measured is delivered through the pipe 4, as, for example, under the pressure of an appro riate pump, or by virtue of being supp ied from a source sufliciently elevated for accomplishing the desired result. The handle 6 being in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the liquid will flow into container 3 at the If only one container full or less is to be delivered,

the 'supplyis cut off at the source or between the source and the pipe 4: whenever the liquid reaches that level in the container 3 desired, as indicated by the graduation thereon. hen a quantity is required-representing a multiple of the containing capacity of containers 3, the o erator allows the inflow of liquid to continue until the container at the left is filled and then swings the lever 6 to the left, which efi'ects a similar movement of valve 2. This movement of the handle 6 also swings the arms 10 and correspondingly moves the links 11, which efi'ects the swinging of the lever .17 sufiicient to cause thevalve 18 at the left to lift from its, seat and the valve 18- at the right to5descend to its seat. Thus the liquid from thecontainer at the left discharges through pipe .16, while the incomingliquid through'pipe 4 is directed into the container 3 at the r1ght. As soon as this container is, filled, thehandle' 6 is swung to the right which effects a reverse movement of the parts from that just. described and thus conditions the container at the left toreceive a new supply while opening the it is desired to discontinue delivery, it is only necessary to' leave the handle 6 m position. at the terminus of its stroke, and

- as soon as the particular container- 3 whose valve 18 has been left open is drained. there will beno furtherdischarge from the measuring apparatus again.

until the handle 6 is in oved It will be apparent, of course, that a ropriate packing material will be utilized wherever required to prevent leakage, as, for example, about the rods 20 at their point of entrance into pipe 15. It will also be apparent that the two links 11 are utilized-for balancing the throw of the parts, althou h the operation would be identical should on yone link be employed with its connected parts instead of the two, except that that portion of lever 17 not engaged would be sub ectedto a little excess strain.

What I claim is -1. In a measuring a paratus, a common base, a pluralitv of in ependent containers valve'of the supply means and said second valved means for opening the discharge to the container closed fromthe supply means.

2. In a measuring apparatus, the combination of a base, tanks mounted at their lower ends upon the base, a cross pipe con-- nectmg the upper ends of the'jtanks, a sup-- 'plv pipe opening into the cross pipe, a

va ve at thejuncture of the supply and cross pipes for admitting the flow of'liouid to the branches of the cross pipeone at' a time, a handle on-the valve for operating it," a discharge pipe from, eachta'nk projecting be-j ow the base, a common discharge connecting said depending discharge pipes, a valve for each depending discharge pipe, and connections between the valves in the discharge pipes and the. valve in thejsupply pipe for o ening the discharge valve of' the tank 0 osed to the supply pipe.

In testimony. whereo in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. (helix, S. Fowm,

I affix my signature.

, JAOKSON-FEECKENSTEIN. Witnesses: 

